Keynote Speech of Senator Loren Legarda | Asian Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience (ACCCDR) | April 30, 2026 | Fuller Hall, AIM Campus, Makati City

Distinguished guests from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Climate Change Commission, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; representatives from our most climate-vulnerable cities; ladies and gentlemen, fellow advocates, good morning.

It is both an honor and a moment of reflection to join you again at the Asian Institute of Management. Three years ago, I delivered the keynote address at this very conference.

Back then, I spoke of an “existential threat,” of how the era of global warming had given […]